Grace

What does she say when she comes? Is she friendly or is she mean? At that time, like, she was pretty open about it. She would say, like, she's really nice. She reads me the stories that she wrote. She just comes and says hi. She told me happy birthday. And so Mark and I, obviously, we get, like, kind of curious. Like, well, let's figure out, like, is this Auntie Gloria – Who is this?

So we look up like Auntie Gloria. and the name of the town that we live in. And right away, the first hit is an obituary from 2003 or 2004 for a woman named Gloria Barber, who, as we came to find out, was the person who lived here when the house was excavated. She rebuilt this house. She was known by community members as Auntie Gloria. She was a children's author.

So we look up like Auntie Gloria. and the name of the town that we live in. And right away, the first hit is an obituary from 2003 or 2004 for a woman named Gloria Barber, who, as we came to find out, was the person who lived here when the house was excavated. She rebuilt this house. She was known by community members as Auntie Gloria. She was a children's author.

So we look up like Auntie Gloria. and the name of the town that we live in. And right away, the first hit is an obituary from 2003 or 2004 for a woman named Gloria Barber, who, as we came to find out, was the person who lived here when the house was excavated. She rebuilt this house. She was known by community members as Auntie Gloria. She was a children's author.

and she renovated a bunch of the old houses in the neighborhood. At this point, we're both just like, this is undeniable. We had never talked about Gloria. There was just no way that Frances could have just made this up. And every week or so, she would tell us about another visitation with Auntie Gloria. I would try to tell her, make sure Auntie Gloria respects your space.

and she renovated a bunch of the old houses in the neighborhood. At this point, we're both just like, this is undeniable. We had never talked about Gloria. There was just no way that Frances could have just made this up. And every week or so, she would tell us about another visitation with Auntie Gloria. I would try to tell her, make sure Auntie Gloria respects your space.

and she renovated a bunch of the old houses in the neighborhood. At this point, we're both just like, this is undeniable. We had never talked about Gloria. There was just no way that Frances could have just made this up. And every week or so, she would tell us about another visitation with Auntie Gloria. I would try to tell her, make sure Auntie Gloria respects your space.

You don't have to talk to her if you don't want to. One day she woke up and said that Auntie Gloria wants you to paint the house red again. And I told a neighbor about this kind of offhandedly, like, oh, Frances is talking to Auntie Gloria. Because obviously the neighbors who'd lived here for a long time remembered her. My neighbor told me, like, indeed, the house used to be red.

You don't have to talk to her if you don't want to. One day she woke up and said that Auntie Gloria wants you to paint the house red again. And I told a neighbor about this kind of offhandedly, like, oh, Frances is talking to Auntie Gloria. Because obviously the neighbors who'd lived here for a long time remembered her. My neighbor told me, like, indeed, the house used to be red.

You don't have to talk to her if you don't want to. One day she woke up and said that Auntie Gloria wants you to paint the house red again. And I told a neighbor about this kind of offhandedly, like, oh, Frances is talking to Auntie Gloria. Because obviously the neighbors who'd lived here for a long time remembered her. My neighbor told me, like, indeed, the house used to be red.

And it was a very specific shade of red that Gloria had gone to, like, incredible lengths to find because she wanted it to be really historically accurate. And apparently she was upset when it was painted over black. She would tell Frances things like, tell your mom not to leave her cakes out on the counter so long before she puts them in the oven.

And it was a very specific shade of red that Gloria had gone to, like, incredible lengths to find because she wanted it to be really historically accurate. And apparently she was upset when it was painted over black. She would tell Frances things like, tell your mom not to leave her cakes out on the counter so long before she puts them in the oven.

And it was a very specific shade of red that Gloria had gone to, like, incredible lengths to find because she wanted it to be really historically accurate. And apparently she was upset when it was painted over black. She would tell Frances things like, tell your mom not to leave her cakes out on the counter so long before she puts them in the oven.

So she would be, you know, for, like, a two-year-old to say that, it was... Literally unbelievable. It was literally unbelievable.

So she would be, you know, for, like, a two-year-old to say that, it was... Literally unbelievable. It was literally unbelievable.

So she would be, you know, for, like, a two-year-old to say that, it was... Literally unbelievable. It was literally unbelievable.

Or even that you would paint a house.

Or even that you would paint a house.

Or even that you would paint a house.

Like a two-year-old just doesn't think about the world that way.